Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
We had the project handover from the defect team yesterday afternoon, and were fortunate that our appointed interior designer was present to help us negotiate some parts of the outstanding issues. Our defect list was about two pages long and
We met another bunch of specialist contractors over the latter part of the last week and last weekend, and they included persons for curtains, and also different types of grills. I think we’ve got a pretty good idea of our
We spent a good part of our weekend at The Minton checking on the state of defect rectification – it’s in its third week now – and also meeting several specialist contractors. We’re still hoping that the defects get sorted
It’s just been over two weeks since our defect rectification exercise began with our submission of our first defect list, and we’ve added a few more defects to the list for the team to sort out. Fortunately, all fairly minor
One critical event that takes place after key collection to our new home is defect identification, and depending on one’s disposition and optimism, it can be either or both an exhaustive, fun, or depressing exercise! Basically, once one has collected
Continued from the last post! Most of my researching for a replacement phone in April was centered on two devices: the OnePlus 8 Pro, and the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro. Both easily ticked off all the key requirements: they featured
Continuing from the last post. Be firm yet polite There’s a poster at the NTUC Fairprice supermarket check-out counters that remind us that even as store customers, we should try to be polite to the checkout cashiers and that they
Bit of a funny experience to relate here that happened about 5 weeks ago during our key collection event. I arrived early at The Minton ahead of my scheduled appointment – I was the first resident to receive keys for
Things have been moving very briskly since the last post. The defect team in charge of our apartment unit at The Minton stated yesterday that the unit will be ready for the handover inspection early next week (excepting a couple
We went by The Minton over the weekend for a meeting with a curtains/blinds maker we’re interested in engaging. This particular contractor is based in Johore Bahru, but commutes to Singapore every day for work. He was a particularly jolly
The weekend was a pretty busy one for us, with a good part of it spent at The Minton inspecting the unit for defects, cleaning up the place to host visits from neighbors, and also for our very small number
We apologize for the lack of updates over the last month of our new home @ The Minton. Key distribution for the first phase of blocks began in early December, and we received our own notification from our lawyers on
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